BJ Ellis has put together a fabulous blog post about Kwanzaa and those who endorse it.

Kwanzaa: A Black Racist Celebration

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Shay over at Booker Rising has written an Op-ed that is best read in full. I think she makes an excellent point.

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You know who is behind it and what they endorse.

Pretty funny that Karenga probably has never said a kind word about a Jew, but he used a Jewish Menorah to hold those candles. Oh but I’m sure he’s made up some story about it being “African”.

While you’re defending principles developed by racist, you want to take a stab at promoting the engineering feats of the Confederacy? I mean if we want to talk about taking some good out of evil, then don’t stop your quest at Karenga’s principles.

Ron B, you’re sounding like a man that is promoting the engineering skills of Germany while Hitler was in power. Until the racist and socialist components are removed the nation and in this case the “holiday” along with it’s principles are evil.

Here are the principles. Please define how they are “bad” for Black folks to follow:

Umoja [OO-MO-JAH] (“U-N-I-T-Y” Queen Latifah) – To strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation, race. (Black Candle)

Kujichagulia [KOO-GEE-CHA-GOO-LEE-YAH] (Self-Determination) – To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speak for ourselves instead of being defined, named, created for and spoken for by others. (Red Candle)

Ujima [OO-GEE-MAH] (Creative Work & Responsibility) – To build and maintain our community together and make our sisters’ and brothers’ problems our problems and solve them together. (Green Candle)

Ujamaa [OO-JAH-MAH] (Cooperative Economics) – To build and maintain our own stores and other businesses and to profit from them together. (Red Candle)

Nia [NEE-YAH] (Purpose) – To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness. (Green Candle)

Kuumba [KOO-OOM-BAH] (Creativity) – To do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it. (Red Candle)

Imani [EE-MAH-NEE] (Faith) – To believe with all our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders and the righteousness and victory of our struggle. (Green Candle)

I’m no fan of Blacks thinking that success in America comes from exclusion. If that means I’m with the enemy, then I am the enemy. Because I see Blacks taking every opportunity that comes there way no matter what race provides it. Then running to claim that racial exclusion is the answer to all problems. Blacks can’t have it both ways. The case of the story behind Thanksgiving is far better known to all Americans than the life of the founder of Kwanzaa. And everyone can choose if they want to celebrate Thanksgiving. I’ve made the choice to remain in the land of those Pilgrims and later generations of Americans have made plenty of efforts to make amends in areas where past generations failed.

Every other holiday in this nation is not exclusive based on race. Whites are better accepted into Cinco De Mayo celebrations then they are to be part of Kwanzaa. Because to include Whites in Kwanzaa would result in a Communist version of modern day America. Some might say that is where we are right now. Kwanzaa is not for Whites. This cannot be said about any other holiday on the basis of race.

When it comes to other holidays some are matters of faith and others are not, but I’m not going to be happy segregation ended just so I can run back to it and claim it will save Black people.

Discipline and a strong family unit is what is best for anyone regardless of their race.

If all Blacks followed the principles of Karenga’s “holiday” then all Blacks would be Communists. And Communism continues to be a proven failure.

Blacks who accept opportunities from people of all races, work smart and maintain a family unit have proven to do much better in life.

Please show me where other frameworks like Walter Williams “How Not to be Poor”, see: http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/walterwilliams/2005/05/11/15383.html have any foundation in racial exclusion? It does not. Plans like Mr. Williams are not racially exclusive and proven to work. He’s got more than enough data to prove it.

Blacks don’t need to segregate themselves to succeed. Some Blacks are holding onto the vestiges of a segregated America, while others are moving forward without it. The same success I and other Blacks achieved was done without excluding ourselves from the rest of America. So there is no need to lie to our fellow Blacks and claim that some form of racial exclusion will save all Black people.